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leno2

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Where it lives

Poenulus 55 · 49.87/10k
Curculio 26 · 42.17/10k
Rudens 40 · 33.72/10k
Pseudolus 32 · 28.91/10k
Persa 21 · 26.72/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 5 · 8.64/10k
Phormio 9 · 8.3/10k
Adelphi 8 · 8.08/10k
Epidicus 5 · 7.68/10k
In Eutropium 4 · 5.57/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 2 · 4.2/10k
Controversiae 27 · 4.09/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lēno — Lewis & Short

lēno, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. leno].

I Neutr., to pimp, pander (poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.—

II Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.

2. lēno — Lewis & Short

lēno, ōnis, m.lenio,

I a pimp, pander, procurer.

I Lit.: perjurus leno, Plaut. Capt. prol. 57: leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit, id. Ps. 1, 1, 49: importunus, id. Merc. prol. 44: leno sum, fateor, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: improbissimus et perjurissimus leno, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: insidiosus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172: verba facit leno, etc., id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.—

II Transf.

A A seducer, allurer: lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17: (puella) me lenone placet, i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.—

B A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.—Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.

In the wild

lenone Ovid, Amores 3.12.11
lenonem Plautus, Pseudolus 1.5
leno Plautus, Poenulus 5.5
leno Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 10.4.11
lenone Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.127
leno Plautus, Persa 4.4

6 of 317 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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